Latest sightings
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Whimbrel - 1 Swallow - 4 Gadwall Shoveler Shelduck Lapwing Redshank Oystercatcher Coot on nest Sedge warbler Sightings from yesterday: Great white egret - 2 Garganey Pintail - 2 (Lady Fen)
25 April 2014
Breeding Birds Survey
Today we started the morning with the breeding birds survey which enables us to estimate the breeding populations at WWT Welney. We have been carrying out the survey since 1972! Highlights include: Buzzard 1 Garganey (Lyle Hide) Whimbrel (Main Observato
23 April 2014
Lots of lapwing chicks
Spring has sprung and there are lots of lapwing chicks running about Lady Fen today. Also out on the reserve this morning: Great white egret (Reedbed Hide) Whimbrel – 1 (Lady Fen) Black-tailed godwits Garganey (Main Observatory) Avocets Redshanks Litt
22 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 2 Whimbrel - 1 (Lady Fen) Greenshank Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank PeregrineHobby Sedge warbler Water vole on the front pond Caught on the small mammal survey this morning: Water shrew Bank vole Field vole Wood mouse
21 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lyle hide Peregrine - 1 Avocet - 50 Gadwall Wigeon Visitor centre pond Water vole - 1
20 April 2014
Great white egret
Great white egret - 2 (feeding between Reedbed hide and Nelson-Lyle hide)
17 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Main hide Marsh harrier - 1 (female, hunting along the reeds) Little ringed plover - 1 Avocet - 10 Redshank - 6 Lady Fen Yellow wagtail Lapwing and chicks Shelduck
16 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Water vole - 1 (possibly 2) on the pond between the visitor centre and the car park, sat in the reeds on a fresh reed platform! Lady Fen Yellow wagtail - 3 Lapwing chicks Pond dipping stations With this spring being warmer than last year we are already se
15 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Greenshank - 1 Some additional sightings from yesterday:- Black-tailed godwit - 2500 Avocet -54 Dunlin - 20 Little ringed plover - 3 pairs Ringed plover - 2 Sedge warbler - 1 Willow warbler - 1 Yellow wagtail - 1 Buzzard - 1
11 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Reedbed hide Willow warbler Main hide Greenshank - 1 Visitor centre ponds Sedge warbler - 1 Little grebe - 1
10 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Spotted redshank - 1 Dunlin - 78 Black-tailed godwits - 600 Swallow - 1 Yellow wagtail - 2 (the first of the year) Little ringed plover - 4 Snipe - 2 Black-tailed godwits wickering Crane calling Teal - 2080 Wigeon - 200 Shoveler - 25 Pintail - 20 Gadwall
9 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Little ringed plover - 2 Snipe Avocet Redshank Lapwing Wigeon Tufted duck Teal Shoveler Gadwall Shelduck
6 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Little ringed plover - 4 Black-tailed godwit Avocet Lapwing Redshank Garganey Gadwall Wigeon Pintail Teal Shoveler Tufted Duck Little egret
5 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Lady Fen Peregrine - 1 Stoat - 1 on Lady Fen and near the visitor centre
2 April 2014
Out on the reserve today
Great white egret - 1 (Reedbed hide) Little ringed plover - 3 Ruff Dunlin Gadwall Wigeon
31 March 2014